Irish Left Archive
@ila@leftarchive.ieDigital collection of political material from the Irish Left.
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For people in or near Dublin: Rally for Unity & Hope, Saturday 23rd of November, 1pm.
New document:
"Election Interventions—Historical & Contemporary" (Republican Lecture Series, Number 6), from the Sinn Féin Education Department, circa 1982.
Election Interventions—Historical & Contemporary (1982 c.) — Sinn Féin
Irish Left Archive
New document:
The Good Friday Agreement: Capitalism, Poverty, Imperialism And The Police State
From Lasair Dhearg, 2023.
The Good Friday Agreement: Capitalism, Poverty, Imperialism And The Police State (2023) — Lasair Dhearg
Irish Left Archive
From 1931, the draft constitution and rules of Saor Éire: https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/6252/
Saor Éire was a left Republican and communist organisation founded by members of the IRA in 1931 as “an organisation of workers and working farmers”.
It was banned by Military Tribunal, along with other Republican and Communist groups, in October 1931. (The ban was lifted the following March).
With the strength of reaction, the organisation never really got off the ground.
Saor Éire: Draft Constitution and Rules (1931) — Saor Éire [1931]
Irish Left Archive
New document:
The Coffee Circle Papers: Paper 5 – Economic Growth: Who Needs It?
From a series of papers produced by Democratic Left in 1998 prior to merging with Labour.
The Coffee Circle Papers: Paper 5 – Economic Growth: Who Needs It? (1998) — Democratic Left
Irish Left Archive
#OnThisDay 2nd of November 1986, Republican Sinn Féin was formed by members of Sinn Féín opposed to removing the policy of abstention from Leinster House, which had been passed by a vote at the Ard Fheis.
They were led by Ruairí Ó Brádaigh, who was elected President and remained in that role until 2009.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/11/02/#event-5541
On This Day, 2nd November
Irish Left Archive
A Flea Market and All Day Gig fundraiser for Palestine in Dublin tomorrow (2nd November).
New document:
Socialist View, No. 10, Spring 2003.
Published by the Socialist Party.
Socialist View, No. 10 (2003) — Socialist Party
Irish Left Archive
Published #OnThisDay, 24th October 1972:
The first issue of Rosc Catha, newspaper of Clann na hÉireann, the Sinn Féin support group in Britain.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/1865/
#Ireland #Politics #History #OTD #ClannNahÉireann RoscCatha
Rosc Catha, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1972) — Clann na hÉireann
Irish Left Archive
#OnThisDay 22nd October 2011:
An Occupy Dame Street march took place from the Garden of Remembrance to Dame Street. The Occupy Dame Street camp was ongoing from October 2011 to March 2012 as part of the global Occupy movement.
Leaflets from the march can be found in the Snapshots of Political Action collection:
https://www.leftarchive.ie/demonstration/6140/
#OTD #OccupyDameStreet #Occupy #SnapshotsOfPoliticalAction #Activism
Political Material from: Occupy Dame Street March, 22nd October 2011
Irish Left Archive
New document:
Advance, November—December 1976.
Advance was published by the Socialist Party of Ireland (SPI) in the 1970s.
The SPI went on to form the Democratic Socialist Party in 1982, along with the Limerick Socialist Organisation.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/7420/
#Ireland #Politics #History #SocialistPartyOfIreland #Advance
Advance, No. 24 (1976) — Socialist Party of Ireland [1970]
Irish Left Archive
Published #OnThisDay 20th October 1979:
"IRA Okay! Lynch Up The Poll"
An Phoblacht Republican News, newspaper of Sinn Féin.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/6227/
#Ireland #Politics #History #OTD #SinnFéin #AnPhoblacht #RepublicanNews
An Phoblacht Republican News, Iml. 1, Uimh. 38 (1979) — Sinn Féin
Irish Left Archive
New document:
"The Coffee Circle Papers: Postscript - Times Change"
The Coffee Circle Papers were a series of discussion papers in Democratic Left in 1998/99. This postscript was written by Rosheen Callender after their 1999 merger with Labour.
The Coffee Circle Papers: Postscript - Times Change (1999) — Democratic Left, Labour
Irish Left Archive
#OnThisDay 9th October 1968, People's Democracy was formed in Belfast, in the wake of the RUC assault on a civil rights march in Derry and subsequent rioting.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/10/09/#event-5709
On This Day, 9th October
Irish Left Archive
"Lebanon – Irish Deaths. Who is Responsible?"
Forward, magazine of the Connolly Youth Movement (CYM), on the 1980 attack on Irish peacekeeping troops in Lebanon by the Israel-backed South Lebanon Army.
The CYM was the youth wing of the Communist Party of Ireland (CPI), but split from them in 2021.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/4294/
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Forward [1980] (1980) — Connolly Youth Movement
Irish Left Archive
New document:
Economic Resistance, from Sinn Féin, circa early 1980s.
Economic Resistance (1982 c.) — Sinn Féin
Irish Left Archive
#OnThisDay 5th October 1968, a civil rights march in Derry was stopped by the RUC at its starting point in the Waterside and marchers were attacked with batons. The march is often cited as the start of the "Troubles".
https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/10/05/#event-5536
#OTD #Derry #CivilRights #Ireland #History #Politics #TheTroubles
On This Day, 5th October
Irish Left Archive
New document:
United Irishman, Vol. 34, No. 2
From Official Sinn Féin, February 1976.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/7413/
#Ireland #Politics #History #OfficialSinnFéin #UnitedIrishman
United Irishman, Vol. 34, No. 2 (1976) — Sinn Féin [Official]
Irish Left Archive
#OnThisDay 26th September 1931, the founding conference of Saor Éire* was held. The “organisation of workers and working farmers” was established by the left-leaning and communist wing of the IRA.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/09/26/#event-6290
- Not to be mistaken for the later "Saor Éire Action Group", active in the 1970s.
On This Day, 26th September
Irish Left Archive
New episode of the Irish Left Archive Podcast:
Until We Fall: Long Distance Life on the Left, with Helena Sheehan